Aviation & Manufacturing: Boeing South Carolina marked “topping out” on a new 787 paint hangar at its North Charleston campus, placing the final structural beam for work on vertical fin sections as part of a $1B investment that also includes a second 787 assembly line. AI & Governance: Anguilla’s Deputy Speaker joined a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and UNESCO Caribbean AI workshop in Anguilla (June 21–24), focusing on how AI can boost parliamentary efficiency and what laws like data protection and cybersecurity need to cover. Regional Tech Policy: Tax administrators from across CARICOM head to Georgetown, Guyana (July 27–31) for the 27th COTA General Assembly and Technical Conference, themed “Smart, Data-Driven and AI-Enabled” for smarter compliance and revenue systems. Climate & Island Resilience: The Virtual Island Summit returns Sept. 15–17 (8th edition), with a three-day agenda from adapting to coastal erosion and decarbonising marine transport to turning waste into circular economies and mobilising action. Marine Safety & Environment: A Caribbean analysis highlights how “chemical fishing” can be hard to detect yet damages reefs and species, using lobster overexploitation as a key example. Maritime Disaster: Guyana’s MV Barima ferry tragedy is reported as the Caribbean’s deadliest since 1970, with 73 confirmed dead and 30 missing as recovery continues.